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My parts-list for my custom-build is nearly complete, and would like someone to look it over to see if it will support Ultimate Edition 2.3. Note this is a legacy-based build, designed specifically to run legacy distro releases. If anyone is interested in assisting, let me know, and I will post my parts procurement list. Thanks.

Blackwolf wrote:Sorry for the late reply Formido.....please post them up ASAP.

Sorry for the delay, but discovered that the CPU I had intended to use was not compatible with kernel 2.6.28, so had to downgrade to Phenom X4, which then required changes to motherboards, and so on. Anyway, the following components were chosen to support Ultimate Edition 2.3, or at least that is the intended goal. If I've made any screw-ups in this, please advise what changes need be made. So my parts-list:

CPU and mobo list are fine and should work with Ultimate Edition 2.3.(No Guarantees. No promises with Asus Xonar, Rosewill and gigabit ethernet(PCie.)Major driver updates exist from 2.6.32. Take a look at http://www.kernel.org for longterm kernels. So you might just need to upgrade the kernel and maybe dependencies for it.The 790 chipset supports a maximum of 16GB ddr2 memory. DDR2 is more expensive than ddr3.I would recommend personally, Ultimate Edition 2.6.x for this build.

pam wrote:CPU and mobo list are fine and should work with Ultimate Edition 2.3.(No Guarantees. No promises with Asus Xonar, Rosewill and gigabit ethernet(PCie.)Major driver updates exist from 2.6.32. Take a look at http://www.kernel.org for longterm kernels. So you might just need to upgrade the kernel and maybe dependencies for it.The 790 chipset supports a maximum of 16GB ddr2 memory. DDR2 is more expensive than ddr3.I would recommend personally, Ultimate Edition 2.6.x for this build.

Thanks for the info. I choose Ultimate Edition 2.3 specifically because of its 2.6.28 kernel, so this is what I'm trying to best accommodate. Unless you have any other suggestions for altering this parts list for better support, I'll move on to the next phase-components acquisition. I look forward to test driving Ultimate Edition!

pam wrote:CPU and mobo list are fine and should work with Ultimate Edition 2.3.(No Guarantees. No promises with Asus Xonar, Rosewill and gigabit ethernet(PCie.)Major driver updates exist from 2.6.32. Take a look at http://www.kernel.org for longterm kernels. So you might just need to upgrade the kernel and maybe dependencies for it.The 790 chipset supports a maximum of 16GB ddr2 memory. DDR2 is more expensive than ddr3.I would recommend personally, Ultimate Edition 2.6.x for this build.

Thanks for the info. I choose Ultimate Edition 2.3 specifically because of its 2.6.28 kernel, so this is what I'm trying to best accommodate. Unless you have any other suggestions for altering this parts list for better support, I'll move on to the next phase-components acquisition. I look forward to test driving Ultimate Edition!

You can get cheap Asrock 970(UEFI) series board with ddr3 support upto 64GB(single dimm 16GB are yet to release to consumer market) and an fx CPU-4300/FX-6300. Or if you can find an older cheaper CPU like athon II x4 645 or phenom II x4 955/965 ..... it would be practically cheaper buying them from the market unless you are getting yours for a killer rate.(PhenomII x6 1090/1100 are still selling sealed boxes, but they are more expensive than an FX-8320).

For a legacy build get a gigabyte 970 board instead of Asrock. Ultimate Edition 2.3 wont have much of any UEFI support for bios.

pam wrote:CPU and mobo list are fine and should work with Ultimate Edition 2.3.(No Guarantees. No promises with Asus Xonar, Rosewill and gigabit ethernet(PCie.)Major driver updates exist from 2.6.32. Take a look at http://www.kernel.org for longterm kernels. So you might just need to upgrade the kernel and maybe dependencies for it.The 790 chipset supports a maximum of 16GB ddr2 memory. DDR2 is more expensive than ddr3.I would recommend personally, Ultimate Edition 2.6.x for this build.

Thanks for the info. I choose Ultimate Edition 2.3 specifically because of its 2.6.28 kernel, so this is what I'm trying to best accommodate. Unless you have any other suggestions for altering this parts list for better support, I'll move on to the next phase-components acquisition. I look forward to test driving Ultimate Edition!

You can get cheap Asrock 970(UEFI) series board with ddr3 support upto 64GB(single dimm 16GB are yet to release to consumer market) and an fx CPU-4300/FX-6300. Or if you can find an older cheaper CPU like athon II x4 645 or phenom II x4 955/965 ..... it would be practically cheaper buying them from the market unless you are getting yours for a killer rate.(PhenomII x6 1090/1100 are still selling sealed boxes, but they are more expensive than an FX-8320).

For a legacy build get a gigabyte 970 board instead of Asrock. Ultimate Edition 2.3 wont have much of any UEFI support for bios.

I just downgraded from Phenom II to Phenom X4 because I was told any kernel prior to 2.6.30 would not handle it, nor Athlon II, and Phenom X4 was the most recent CPU that 2.6.28 would run on. I'm not buying based on what is cheap. The sole purpose of this build is to support the kernel in Ultimate Edition 2.3, and insure the OS will run on this PC (hopefully at optimal level).

I was told that to run any distro release that uses a kernel prior to 2.6.30, I'd have to skip the Phenom II X6. In other words, if I want to use Ultimate Edition 2.3, I'd have to switch to Phenom X4, which is the most recent CPU that its 2.6.28 kernel can handle.

Most devices will be built from a few common set of controllers. If you have physical access to the device and if its an open box, you can check the controller version/model and see whether it has linux support....google search.

I have only used TV-tuner cards. Sometimes it takes almost six months for a working stable windows driver/software. For linux it was all plugnplay....way back in 2007.